Show NEW TOY IS QUITE AMUSING ma manikin abtil in makes lusty swipe at daco base ball when spring Is released bats bata like ty cobb an ingenious Ingen tous and amusing toy haa bas been designed by a massachusetts man and la Is shown shon in tho the illustration A manikin with pivoted arms and a bat in its Ita bands hands Is fixed on a baseboard base board on the other end of tho the board a ball rests in a shallow hollow A spring reaches from the manikins hands to his feet and there la Is a catch in the back by means ot of which hla his hands can bo be pulled up tip and tho the spring stretched A cord with a handle on it ta Is attached to the catch and releases it when pulled when tile the catch la Is released the spring pulls the figures hands down manikin ball player and the bat which has a wing on the end makes a sweeping slam elam at the ball usually it hits it being adjusted for an accurate shot but a miss is IB no more moie than even a ty cobb might do |